THE ORCHID REVIEW. Ba 
GONGORA SIEDELIANA. 
A pant of this very interesting but imperfectly known species has just 
flowered with Mr. F. W. Moore, at Glasnevin. It was originally described 
by Reichenbach in 1852 (Bot. Zett., x., p. 637), froma plant which bloomed 
with Herr T. J. Siedel, in Germany, but its habitat seems not to have 
been known. A single flower was also represented in Xena Orchidacea 
{i., pp. 51, 55, t. 20, fig. 5). A few years ago a plant was introduced from 
Mexico, by M. L. Kienast, which proved identical, and now we have the 
Glasnevin plant, which was purchased as Gongora sp. It belongs to the 
Acropera group, and is allied to Gongora galeata, Rchb. f.—perhaps better 
known as Acropera Loddigesii. Lind].—but it has a larger lip, deep yellow 
in colour, with a few slender transverse streaks at the base, and the sepals 
are heavily marked with narrow transverse brown bars, which give it a very 
distinct appearance as compared with the species just named and with G. 
armeniaca, Rchb. f. (Acropera armeniaca, Lindl., Bot. Mag., t. 5501). 
-Reichenbach’s figure is a very rude sketch, and it may be added that in the 
living flower the pair of bristles near the base of the lip are reflexed, not 
erect as shown, and that in the present individual the markings are more 
numerous than represented. All the other characters agree so well as leave 
no doubt of its identity. Its re-appearance is interesting. 
R. A. BR: 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
THE last meeting prior to the great Temple Show was held at the Drill 
Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on May 7th, when the display of 
Orchids was particularly fine, and the awards included five First-class 
Certificates, seven Awards of Merit, and one Botanical Certificate. The 
Orchid Committee were represented by J. Gurney’ Fowler, Esq-, in the 
Chair, and Messrs. E. Ashworth, H. Ballantine, W. A. Bilney, T. W. Bond, 
H. J. Chapman, W. Cobb, De B. Crawshay, J. Douglas, W. B. Latham, 
H. Little, J. W.,. Odell, H. T. Pitt, F. A. Rehder, F. J. Thorne, H. A. 
Tracy, W. H. White, W. H. Young, and J. O’Brien (Hon. Sec.). 
J. Leemann, Esq., Heaton Mersey (gr. Mr. Edge), staged a magnificent 
group, which gained a Silver-gilt Flora Medal. It included some very fine 
examples of Oncidium Marshallianum, Cattleya Skinneri alba, and C. Law- 
renceana, Lelio-cattleya X Mozart (Boothiana X tenebrosa), L.-c. X Mar- 
tinetii, L.-c. x Hyeana, L.-c. X -Digbyano-Mendelii ‘‘Imperatrice de 
Russie,” some excellent Odontoglossum crispums, both white and spotted, 
ae O. triumphans Golden King, some good O. X Adriane, O. X_ Halli, 
_ ©. X Ruckerianum, and other hybrids. A First-class Certificate was given 
